Letters to the Editor
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from the declaration of independence
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
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Oh, Mona!
He and the likeminded may all f*ck themselves. -- Mona
You have my vote (although I wouldn't have bothered with the modest asterisk.)
The problem, of course, is that though they may, they won't. They lack the necessary education in hydraulics, for one thing, and for another, they prefer to be done rather than to do.
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kitt
you're right. it's just a tag for their "two for the price of one' act. But I'll drop it. Your point is well taken. thanks tom p.s. if Hillary gets the nomination, I will vote for her, without doubt or hesitation. There.
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Happy 199th, Abe Lincoln!
We got you two-thirds of a gift. We got government, more than you could have dreamed up. And it's the very model of an "of, by and for" government. No question about that! The "people" part you wanted was tough to work in with the rest. But it's the thought that counts, right?
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Hillary Clinton Will Not Commit To Restore the Constitution!
Here is the article from The Nation regarding the fact that Hillary Clinton refuses to commit to restoring the Constitution if elected POTUS:
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?pid=239574
It boggles the mind that this woman would be so firmly in the hands of The Beltway Establishment that she would refuse to vote against the UNCONSTITUTIONAL immunity for the telecoms....when she is running for president!!! What an idiot!!! Who gave her this sterling piece of advise? Her husband?! Her new campaign manager?!!
I'm in shock. I need a drink. And two new Senators and a new Representative and a President who truly wants "to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, both foreign AND DOMESTIC."
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Oh, Mona!
"Elpehantman and his ilk want to monopolize the horror. He and the likeminded may all f*ck themselves.
-- -Mona-
Now're you're talkin!!
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Lawless Privateering is Profitable: "Torture is Lucrative"
This week: retroactive immunity for AT&T and other patriotic telecoms.
Next step: retroactive immunity for Boeing and other patriotic privateers.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/08/jeppesen_us_state_secrets_doctrine/
Feds bat for Boeing in rendition lawsuit
Torture outsourcing never had it so good
Friday 8th February 2008[...] Enter the Cheney administration, which has invoked the state secrets doctrine more than [every other administration combined, in the 55 years since the doctrine's inception in 1953].
[...] The rendition issue has been covered extensively, argued in open congressional hearings, and commented upon publicly by numerous administration officials. But the administration has drawn a hard line in the case, Mohamed et al. v. Jeppesen (the defendant is a Boeing subsidiary), in an effort to strangle this important case in its infancy, and prevent the establishment of any kind of awkward precedent. Conspiracy theorists will also note that under this aggressive posture, favored contractors conspiring in all manner of dodgy administration activities are spared potentially painful American civil damage awards.
There is ample circumstantial evidence of Jeppesen's involvement in rendition flights that is part of the public record, including European flight plans and admissions by friendly governments and company executives – and there are, of course, the first person accounts of the five plaintiffs. One Jeppesen executive shocked a confused group of Jeppesen newbies when he started bragging at a company function about how lucrative the "torture flights" had turned out to be. [...]
- - "The Register" (UK)
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Why American's aren't that worried about Warrantless Wiretapping
The real reason that this bill can be passed is that American's lack knowledge about how other nations have abused this power and made life a living hell for their citizens, not to mention they many American's seem to just lack imagination. I can't tell you how many times I've heard Left-leaning radio hosts and their callers sputter on about how wiretapping is wrong without being able to come up with a single example of what makes it wrong.
I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but when anybody I speak to gives me that bull about not having a problem with warrantless wiretapping because they have nothing to hide I like to point out some of the many possibilities:
1. Mistaken identity or incorrect database entry. Ever had your life made hell by creditors who have you mixed up with somebody else or tried to explain to a Customer Service Representative that you did pay that bill? Just imagine the fun of having your ID being mixed up with a terror suspect or getting into the database by someone fat-fingering a key.
2. Blackmail. The potential is there for anyone who has access to the government database blackmailing you is vast. Everyone from a petty clerk who wants a payout to not report to your boss that you really weren't sick last week to the opposition party who wants your support on that Bill in exchange for not going public with your affair.
3. Climate of fear. It's real easy to take a few seconds of a recording out of context or to edit words you have spoken and paste them together to make it seem you have said something you never said. Since it is legal for the government to record you whenever they want, they will have plenty of stuff to work with in the event they want to arrest you. Who said this wiretapping stuff is only for the guilty? Anyone can be guilty of anything at a moment's notice. Everyone better think twice about what they do and who they keep company with because the government has the ability to create airtight evidence on any citizen at any time.